Author Archive | Michele Neylon

The Irish communications regulator, Comreg, has decided to tackle “non-geographic” phone numbers (NGN) ie. numbers that aren’t linked to a specific location. At present businesses can setup numbers using 1800, 1850, 1890, 076 and 0818. The cost to ring those numbers vary, but as many phone companies have started bundling standard national calls into their […]

When Netflix first launched in the Irish market it was a streaming only service. However they introduced the option to download films and TV shows on your mobile devices back in 2016. I love the feature when I’m travelling. I’ll load up my iPad with TV episodes and films before a long flight or when […]

Spanish TV series “The Plague” (La Peste) is the most expensive Spanish TV production to date with a budget of 10 million euros, around 200 actors, over 2,000 extras and 400 technical experts. The show is based in 16th century Seville, but as pretty much nothing of the city exists today it was up to […]

Intel was scheduled to provide a spectacular drone display as part of the opening ceremony at this year’s winter Olympics. Unfortunately the drone part of the ceremony was cancelled. However that doesn’t mean that we can’t all enjoy the performance, as the company had shot video of their behind the scenes work on the performance […]

Amazon’s Prime Video service launched in Ireland back in December of last year. With the introductory pricing of €2.99 / month for the first six months it’s hard to knock the service’s value, though, like NetFlix when it launched the range of TV shows and movies is a little lacking. Amazon, however, have announced that […]

IKEA are entering the smart lighting market with a very aggressively priced offering. The new range of smart lighting from IKEA will go on sale this month at IKEA shops around the globe and could give some of the existing companies in the space serious competition. The new range of products uses the zigbee protocol […]

Dublin Airport has launched a safety campaign focussing on drones. Airports are “no fly” areas for drones, though some people seem to either be unaware of this or choose to ignore it. To protect the airfield, signage has been mounted on the airport’s perimeter fence indicating that Dublin Airport is a “No Drone Zone” and […]

Amazon announced this morning that Amazon Prime Video is now available in Ireland. The tech giant has also extended the service’s availability to over 200 countries. The service will cost €2.99 / month in Ireland for the first 6 months, but will rise to €5.99 / month after. For now the service will only offer […]

Hailo Ireland is running a special promotion today December 11 2016. The promotion is aimed at shoppers and will give 50% off rides that cost €10 or more to a maximum discount of €10. Using the code SUNDAYSHOPPER Hailo users nationwide will save 50% off fares between 10am and 5pm today. If you’re not sure […]

Smart homes, IoT, wearables, AI and a plethora of other technologies have become accessible and affordable for people over the last couple of years. But how smart are they really? One user decided to torture his smart devices a little by triggering a loop, with his Amazon Echo and Google Home getting stuck in an […]